Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club Explained

Clubname:Harrow Balmoral
Color1:Blue
Color2:White
League:Horsham District Football League
Ground:Harrow Recreation Reserve
Balmoral Recreation Reserve
Colours: Blue White
Nicknames:Southern Roos
Pattern B1:_3whitestripes
Pattern So1:2F54A5
Body1:2F54A5
Shorts1:2F54A5
Socks1:2F54A5
Premierships:Football
Seniors (7):1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2023
Reserves (2): 2014, 2019
U/17s (2): 2008, 2019
U/16s (1): 2003
U/14s (1):2015
U/13s (1): 2006

Netball
A Grade (5): 1997, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2016
B Grade (2): 1999, 2016
C Grade (5): 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
C Reserve (1): 2014
U/17s (6): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2018
U15s (0)
U13s (4): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2016

The Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club is a sports club based in the towns of Harrow and Balmoral in Western Victoria, Australia. The club has netball and Australian Rules Football teams competing in the Horsham District Football League.[1]

The club was formed following a merger of Balmoral Football Club and Douglas-Harrow-Miga Lake Football Club in November 1996. A coin toss by new president Tom Houlihan determined the name to be Harrow Balmoral and not Balmoral Harrow.[2]

The theme song is "We are Blue, We are White", written by Brenda Smith and sung to the tune of "Along the Road to Gundagai".

Harrow-Balmoral won its first football seniors premiership in 1999, defeating Kalkee Football Club by 1 point.[3] The A Grade Netball won their first premiership the same year. The senior footballers have won 5 further premierships in the Horsham District league.

Harrow Balmoral maintain a rivalry with neighbouring club Edenhope Apsley. They play for the West Wimmera Shield every year, of which the winner is the club with the most wins when the two sides meet.[4]

Teams and Grades

!Grade!Coach!Captain!Premierships
Seniors FootballJai Thompson1999, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2018, 2019, 2023
Reserves FootballQuentin Willmott Alex Hodgson 2014, 2019
Under 17s Football2008, 2019
Under 14s FootballEd Ferguson2015
A Grade Netball1997, 1999, 2013, 2014, 2016
B Grade Netball1999, 2016
C Grade Netball2006, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
C Reserve Netball2014
Under 17s Netball1999, 2002, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2018
Under 15s Netball
Under 13s Netball2004, 2005, 2006, 2016

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Harrow Balmoral Football Netball Club PlayHQ . 2023-08-13 . www.playhq.com.
  2. Web site: 2019-02-11 . Richard. Crabtree. The Harrow-Balmoral amalgamation split straight down the line Merging Histories . 2023-08-13 . The Wimmera Mail-Times . en-AU.
  3. Web site: Richard. Crabtree . 2019-04-30 . The smallest of margins: Harrow-Balmoral's 1999 premierships . 2023-08-13 . The Wimmera Mail-Times . en-AU.
  4. Web site: Macchia . Elijah. 2017-06-11 . Guthrie shines on return . 2023-08-13 . The Wimmera Mail-Times . en-AU.